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Strategies that work : teaching comprehension to enhance understanding / Stephanie Harvey, Anne Goudvis ; foreword by Donald Graves.
Teaches techniques designed to improve reading skills, covering how children can learn by making connections, asking questions, visualization, inferring answers, extracting ideas, and synthesizing information.
Record details
- OCLC: ocm42810839
- ISBN: 1571103104 (alk. paper)
- ISBN: 9781571103109 (alk. paper)
- Physical Description: xiii, 314 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Publisher: Stenhouse Publishers, ©2000.
Content descriptions
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 297-314). |
| Contents: | Part I: The foundation of meaning -- Chapter 1. Strategic thinking -- Chapter 2. Strategic reading -- Chapter 3. Strategy instruction and practice -- Chapter 4. Teaching with short text -- Chapter 5. Book selection -- Part II: Strategy lessons and more -- Chapter 6. Making connections: a bridge from the new to the known -- Chapter 7. Questioning: the strategy that propels readers forward -- Chapter 8. Visualizing and inferring: strategies that enhance understanding -- Chapter 9. Determining importance in text: the nonfiction connection -- Chapter 10: Synthesizing information: the evolution of thought -- Chapter 11: Strategy instruction in context: three classroom portraits -- Chapter 12: Assessing comprehension: how do we know? -- Part III: Resources that support strategy instruction -- Appendix A. Great books and authors sets to launch strategy instruction and practice -- Appendix B. Great books for teaching content in history, social studies, science, music, art, and literacy -- Appendix C. Adult text sets -- Appendix D. Magazines and newspapers for kids and young adults -- Appendix E. Professional journals for selection of Children's books -- Appendix F. Response options for each strategy -- Appendix G. Assessment interview with fourth graders. |
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kinlaw Library | LB1573.7 .372.47 Gr.K-8 2000H37 2000 | 1150910601 | KCL-CURR | Available | - |